The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis, hereafter goshawk) is widely recognized as a species sensitive to forest development. Forest development activities that affect the nest area represent the most direct potential impact to goshawks because: 1) of the critical importance of the nest area for reproduction of the species, 2) the relatively small size of the nest area (~24 ha) makes it susceptible to being completely removed by a cutblock, 3) goshawks exhibit very strong site fidelity to nest areas, often using them for periods of years or decades, and it is unknown how successfully they can establish a new nest area once an original one becomes unavailable, and 4) there is high overlap with suitable nest area habitat and the Timber Harvesting Land Base .Prepared by Todd Mahon, Wildfor Consultants Ltd., and Frank Doyle, Wildlife Dynamics.